The warriors of the Witch Kingdom truly feared nothing.
At Flag Lord Lan Qi’s command, two to three thousand witch warriors shot towards the ninety nine Heavenly Guardian Knights like lightning.
Seeing Lan Qi’s dazzling sword beam suddenly strike towards her, Ji Xiuning’s expression changed.
She waved her jade hand, instantly raising a huge wave that formed a wall of water.
“Boom!”
Lan Qi’s sword beam crashed into the water wall.
With a thunderous explosion, the water wall was completely destroyed and turned into countless droplets of mist.
“Form the formation!”
At Ji Xiuning’s command, the ninety nine Heavenly Guardian Knights immediately gathered around her. They released powerful dragon power and formed an enormous energy formation.
A huge circular energy barrier completely protected Ji Xiuning and the Heavenly Guardian Knights.
This was where Ji Xiuning’s cunning lay.
In a direct confrontation, although the Heavenly Guardian Knights were extremely powerful, they could not withstand an enemy twenty or thirty times their number.
Moreover, the warriors of the Witch Kingdom were famous for their formidable strength.
Among the ninety nine Heavenly Guardian Knights under her command, only about one third were above the Demon Sect level according to the demon clan’s ranking system.
Meanwhile, among the 3,000 witch warriors brought by Lan Qi, more than fifty were above the Demon Sect level.
In a direct battle to the death, Ji Xiuning’s Heavenly Guardian Knights could last at most fifteen minutes.
This was because the Sky Temple had believed that, according to the treaty signed 3,000 years ago, no demon clan would obstruct Ji Xiuning from capturing the remnants of the Ghost King.
They had never expected that, after thousands of years, the Witch Kingdom would still be so fierce and proud.
The other seven great demon clans had all lowered their heads before the Divine Dragon Temple. Only the Witch Kingdom would still fight without hesitation, even when facing the forces of the Divine Dragon Temple.
Now, Ji Xiuning had formed an energy formation and created a huge energy barrier.
As a result, only Demon Sect level experts could effectively attack the barrier. Warriors below the Demon Sect level mainly relied on physical attacks. Unless they directly entered the energy barrier, they could do little.
But entering the barrier would essentially be suicide.
Lan Qi had more than fifty Demon Sect level experts under her command.
Ji Xiuning had instantly changed the ratio between the two sides from one hundred against three thousand to thirty three against fifty five.
Witch warrior commander Lan Qi snorted coldly and waved her hand.
“Destroy them!”
Immediately, the fifty five Demon Sect level experts under her command began bombarding the energy barrier with all their strength.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Terrifying energy attacks, countless sword beams, demonic energy and powerful strikes.
Occasionally, terrifying streaks of freezing energy and fierce flames appeared as well.
Countless attacks relentlessly bombarded the Heavenly Guardian energy barrier protecting Ji Xiuning and her knights.
This was the Witch Kingdom!
The other tribes in the demon territories had huge populations and powerful armies.
But when it came to individual martial strength, none could compare with the Witch Kingdom.
Among the Rakshasa Clan, even if all the Demon Sect level experts in the Black Demon Flag territory were combined with those in the Doom Cave, there were fewer than thirty.
Yet the Witch Kingdom had more than fifty Demon Sect level experts in the patrol force of just one Blue Sea Flag.
Because the Witch Kingdom had withdrawn from worldly struggles and devoted itself to cultivation, its overall martial standard was generally higher than that of the other tribes.
For a while, the two sides became locked in a stalemate.
The fifty five Demon Sect level experts led by Lan Qi desperately bombarded Ji Xiuning’s energy barrier.
Although Ji Xiuning had only thirty three experts comparable to the Demon Sect level, their energy levels were not significantly different from those of the fifty five Demon Sect experts of the Witch Kingdom.
After fifteen minutes of continuous bombardment, the Heavenly Guardian energy barrier still had not been broken.
The bloodline energy within both sides was rapidly being consumed.
Ji Xiuning said, “Lady Lan Qi, that is enough. You should have seen it yourself. Five days ago, the Blood Star flashed six times. Do you know what that means? Do you really want to become the spark that ignites a world war between humanity and the demon clans?”
Witch warrior commander Lan Qi replied coldly, “The Witch Kingdom fears nothing! No foreign race can trample upon the dignity of the Witch Kingdom!”
She waved her hand and commanded coldly, “Crystal Demon Arrows!”
Immediately, the remaining two thousand plus witch warriors drew their bows and nocked their arrows.
Crystal Demon Arrows would explode violently after being fired, producing a purely energy based attack.
These Crystal Demon Arrows were different from the crystal arrows Lan Ling had once used. They were currently a unique weapon of the Witch Kingdom and were extremely precious. They would never normally be used so freely.
“Fire!”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Thousands of Crystal Demon Arrows streaked through the sky like meteors and slammed into Ji Xiuning’s energy barrier.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
They suddenly exploded, releasing dazzling purple light.
The balance of energy was immediately broken.
Ji Xiuning’s energy barrier suddenly became thinner.
She and the Heavenly Guardian Knights desperately channelled more energy into the barrier.
“Fire! Fire! Fire!”
Under Lan Qi’s command, the fifty five Demon Sect level witches unleashed wave after wave of powerful attacks.
The remaining two thousand plus witches desperately fired Crystal Demon Arrows.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Explosions rang out one after another.
Countless purple flashes continuously erupted.
After only two minutes.
“Bang!”
The entire energy barrier suddenly exploded.
Ji Xiuning’s Heavenly Guardian energy barrier had been completely destroyed!
“Kill!”
At Lan Qi’s command, the 3,000 witch warriors charged forward.
In an instant, casualties appeared.
Ji Xiuning painfully closed her eyes.
There were casualties. People had died.
If the dead were witch warriors, that would at least be less troublesome.
But if Heavenly Guardian Knights died, the consequences would be serious.
She could only hope that this conflict would not trigger a war between the demon clans and humanity. Otherwise, her political opponents would attack her relentlessly.
But at this point, there was no longer any way to retreat.
Ji Xiuning wielded the Dragon Gold Demon Sword and launched herself into battle like lightning.
Combat above the Demon Sect level was completely different.
Ji Xiuning condensed her dragon power and channelled it through the Dragon Gold Demon Sword, releasing it with tremendous force.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Hundreds of energy sword shadows instantly filled the sky and shot towards the thousands of witch warriors.
Witch warrior commander Lan Qi immediately moved forward to block the storm of sword shadows.
However, she could only stop part of them.
The remaining sword shadows passed through dozens of witch warriors.
Cries of pain rang out as many witches fell.
Dozens of witch warriors were killed and dozens more seriously injured.
This demonstrated just how powerful Ji Xiuning was. With a single attack, she had killed dozens and seriously injured dozens more.
Back in the human kingdoms, because of the Divine Dragon Temple’s restrictions, most battles could only be fought through physical martial techniques.
Now that she could freely unleash energy attacks, her combat power was astonishing.
Witch warrior commander Lan Qi was heartbroken. Her body transformed into a streak of lightning as she directly engaged Ji Xiuning.
The Dragon Gold Demon Sword in Ji Xiuning’s hand suddenly split into two.
With her left hand, she fought Lan Qi.
With her right hand, she attacked the surrounding witch warriors.
One witch warrior after another fell beneath Ji Xiuning’s sword.
Yet with only one hand, she was still able to fight Lan Qi evenly.
The entire sky above the Sea of Doom was filled with intense combat.
The battle was spectacular, but also devastating, as one witch warrior after another fell from the sky into the sea.
Ji Xiuning achieved only a temporary advantage.
Her Heavenly Guardian Knights were being killed one after another, their numbers rapidly dwindling.
After fifteen minutes, all ninety nine Heavenly Guardian Knights beside Ji Xiuning had been killed.
The Witch Kingdom had also suffered seven to eight hundred casualties, with nearly half of them falling to Ji Xiuning’s attacks.
The remaining two thousand plus witch warriors charged towards Ji Xiuning from every direction.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
A storm of sword energy erupted from Ji Xiuning’s entire body, repeatedly breaking through the encirclement of the thousands of witch warriors.
But it was useless.
The witch warriors seemed completely fearless of death and continued charging forward.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Countless sword beams, freezing energy attacks and Crystal Demon Arrows relentlessly struck Ji Xiuning.
No matter how powerful Ji Xiuning was, she could not defeat so many witch warriors attacking her continuously.
Finally, her energy barrier was broken through.
A sword beam struck her clothing and injured her, leaving a small streak of blood.
Even though everyone present was female, Ji Xiuning still felt deeply humiliated.
Her eyes turned cold.
“Witch Kingdom’s Lan Qi, remember this. Your entire tribe will pay for everything you have done today. You will pay a tremendous price, one that you cannot afford!”
Witch warrior commander Lan Qi replied coldly, “I already told you. The Witch Kingdom fears nothing. We are not afraid of death, so why are you still trying to threaten us with it?”
Ji Xiuning said coldly, “Death? Do you think the consequences will end with death? There are many things in this world far more painful than death.”
Witch warrior commander Lan Qi said, “Is that so? Then let me show you what that feels like.”
Lan Qi suddenly attacked with two fierce sword strikes, injuring Ji Xiuning’s face.
The peerless beauty of Ji Xiuning was temporarily marred.
Yet Ji Xiuning remained completely unmoved, continuing to stare coldly at Lan Qi.
Then, amid everyone’s astonishment, the wounds on her face rapidly healed, restoring her previous flawless appearance.
Lan Qi’s eyes narrowed sharply.
Then she let out a mocking laugh.
“So this is the Divine Dragon Temple?” Lan Qi sneered.
“Yes. This is the Divine Dragon Temple,” Ji Xiuning replied.
Lan Qi said, “Then what would happen if we captured you and inflicted even greater suffering upon you? Would you still be able to restore yourself?”
This was also the Witch Kingdom.
Beautiful, proud, stubborn and ruthless.
They showed no mercy simply because their opponent was beautiful.